{"id":11334,"date":"2018-06-13T10:41:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/world-cup-content-scores-goaaals\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T09:47:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T13:47:53","slug":"world-cup-content-scores-goaaals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/world-cup-content-scores-goaaals\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Content Scores GOAAALs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you call it football or soccer, the \u201cbeautiful game\u201d is one of the most\u2014if not the<\/em> most\u2014recognizable and popular sports around the world, and fans everywhere are ready for the kick-off of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great thing about football is that it is a truly global phenomenon, and is huge everywhere,\u201d Patrick Vien, executive managing director for international at A+E Networks, tells TV Real Weekly<\/em>. \u201cIt is as celebrated and adored in the U.K. and Europe as it is in Latin America, Africa and Asia. The 2018 FIFA World Cup is a moment in time when intensely passionate football fans come together both on a local level and on a global level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sport’s widespread popularity was part of the motivation behind HISTORY’s new global event History of Football: The Greatest Story Ever Played<\/em>, a 14-day, 24\/7 programming stunt that aired ahead of the World Cup, from May 28 to June 10. \u201cWith History of Football <\/em>we aimed to tap into that cultural excitement and inject into it HISTORY\u2019s well-recognized factual storytelling,\u201d A+E Networks\u2019 Vien says. \u201cFootball is truly \u2018the beautiful game,\u2019 and our job at HISTORY has been to show it in all its glory, worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

History of Football<\/em> aired in more than 160 territories around the world, including in Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the U.K. It also aired across Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe embraced a global and local dynamic by which internationally minded content aired globally and was complemented by hyper-local documentaries aimed at a country’s specific football history,\u201d Vien explains. \u201cEvery major territory presented over 40 hours of content, a blend of global and local programming. In addition, we had original, digital content that focused on various aspects of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

History of Football<\/em> encompasses original programming such as Head to Head: Football\u2019s Greatest Players<\/em>, which debates who is the number one player in the world, and Football Godfathers<\/em>, about some of the longest-serving and most successful football managers of all time. There is also Football\u2019s Greatest Moments<\/em>, a series of five hour-long documentary films, including Bring Me the Head of Diego Maradona<\/em> and Seven Goals that Shook the World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Other soccer programs that bring viewers closer to iconic players include The Football Show<\/em> and The Best FIFA Football Awards, both distributed by dick clark productions, International. The Football Show<\/em> gets \u201cup close and personal\u201d with more than 20 top players and managers, including Juan Mata, Ronaldinho, Javier Zanetti and Michael Owen, according to Bob Kennedy, the company\u2019s senior VP of sales and acquisitions. Viewers catch a glimpse of the stars \u201cinside their houses, working with charities and going back to their homeland and roots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kennedy adds, \u201cFootball is a huge part of the [global] culture, so when you see the players\u2019 camaraderie at an awards show or see the lives of these superstars off the pitch, it makes for a very positive experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interest in football-related programming\u2014which tends to be consistent year-round\u2014grows every four years, in correlation with the World Cup. \u201cWe have seen renewed interested in Mata Mata<\/em> and all of our soccer-related docs in the run-up to the World Cup,\u201d notes Bo Stehmeier, the senior VP of global sales at Red Arrow Studios International. Mata Mata<\/em> is a 90-minute documentary that chronicles the highs and lows of the lives of talented young Brazilian football players as they pursue their dreams of stardom on the pitch.<\/p>\n

Red Arrow Studios International’s catalog features other factual content related to soccer as well, including We Must Go<\/em>, a feature documentary following the World Cup journey of the Egyptian national team, and The Pitch<\/em>, a multi-part series about football super fans that was made for Audience Network in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Stehmeier adds, \u201cInterest in any soccer-related programming peaks every four years, and in general, we have also seen an increased interest in sports-adjacent programming, especially if it includes real stories. As broadcasters that hold rights to key sporting events are increasingly filling their lead slots with suitable adjacent content, so are their competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabbatical Entertainment\u2019s CEO, Miguel Somoza, believes that timing is important, even if football is \u201cthe world\u2019s most popular sport and there are fans all year round.\u201d<\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cWe try to cast the widest net when producing programming for the world. Knowing the excitement and euphoria that this tournament makes worldwide, it was absolutely necessary to create content revolving around it.\u201d<\/p>\n

With World Cup Vignettes<\/em> viewers learn about \u201cthis glorious event,\u201d Somoza says. \u201cEvery aspect\u2014the players, teams, groups, their private lives, the stadiums, the cities, Russia. It is a very complete series about all the elements of the World Cup and the audience will learn everything about the soccer world, past and present.\u201d<\/p>\n

Demand for football-related factual content is high in Latin America and Europe, where the sport has enjoyed an enthusiastic following for years. Additionally, GRB Entertainment\u2019s Melanie Torres, director of international sales, notes that documentary content about soccer such as All Eyes on Brazil<\/em> also does well in territories like Africa. \u201cThere are always buyers looking for sports programming, especially surrounding big events like the World Cup in Russia,\u201d and All Eyes on Brazil<\/em> is unique in that it takes a look not only at a country that loves football but also at the economic impact on the community when the World Cup came to Brazil in 2014.<\/p>\n

The appetite for this type of programming is also on the rise in the U.S. “In both the general U.S. market and the U.S. Hispanic market, the interest in this sport grows more and more throughout the country,” says Sabbatical’s Somoza. Capitalizing on Americans\u2019 interest, Sabbatical produced a special documentary for CNN called Draw<\/em>, comparing icons past and present. He adds, \u201cThe revolutionary flexibility of this subject is amazing,\u201d as football content works on all platforms.<\/p>\n

No matter which team you\u2019re rooting for as clubs take to the pitch to pursue their dreams of World Cup glory, there\u2019s plenty of football-adjacent programming to score with year-round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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